Chapter 42: Getting back together
The famous shooting range outside Chang'an City, dozens of noble young people practice archery with horn bows, and then more than half a month is the October New Year, according to the etiquette system of the Son of Heaven to hold a big shooting ceremony, the princes also have to perform archery in turn, if you don't go to the battlefield to grind the gun, it is not good to wait for the shooting ceremony to have a big ugly.
With an arrow on the target, Yu Yu put down his bow and arrow, and his face was eager to try: "I heard that the Huns are barbaric and fierce and murderous, and the Son of Heaven is often troubled by the Huns' attacks, which seems a bit exaggerated." ”
"Don't underestimate the skills of the Huns, the border army of more than 100,000 chariots and cavalry officers to guard the frontier, and the border soldiers have won the most in this battle for more than ten years, even if they have such a result, it is a one-to-one battle loss." Cao Shi handed over the battle report received by the imperial court, and wrote it clearly one by one.
Cao Shi received a detailed battle report from Zhao Meng in Fuzhong, the Yanmen ambush ended with the Han army defeating the Hun cavalry, the Han army soldiers pursued all the way to kill Hu Kou before turning back, the caravan cut a total of 58 Huns, harvested 28 horses in good condition, 24 wounded horses, the caravan also paid 33 people dead, three of them did not return to Shanwu County to die, the other two were ineffective and died, there were more than 50 injured people, it can really be described as a great injury.
The harvest is not small, the loss is also amazing, a battle is worth two years of casualties of the caravan, after all, it is not a professional chariot of the Han army, there is no formation and has not practiced the art of battle formation combined attack, all with personal blood and exquisite skills to kill, if it is not for the Han army to seize the opportunity to counterattack in time, it is difficult to say whether it can escape the pursuit of the elite cavalry of the Huns.
The loss is heart-wrenching, the results are also very amazing, Chen Zhang, who participated in the war, survived, what is surprising is that he also cut off the heads of two Huns, even Wei Buguang, who is good at archery, only shot three people and escaped with injuries.
He never thought of asking them to get the reward from the Taishou Mansion, the wind and rain to work hard for the Hou Mansion for more than ten years, how to take away the reward bonus filled in with his life, not only can not take it but pay out of his own pocket to give another one, the county Taishou in accordance with the rules with the head of the reward money, he gave each meritorious person in the caravan five hundred yuan per person, two sheep reward, unfortunately the deceased gave a double reward as a pension, a total of less than 100,000 dollars in exchange for the Hou Mansion Thanksgiving.
"Cut 500 levels, and lose 460 people, I said that this is a big loss." He scratched his head in disbelief.
Cao Shi bent the bow and buckled the string to shoot at will: "There is a discrepancy in the number of beheadings, and the commander of Yanmen took the county cavalry to the desert to kill some Hun herdsmen, otherwise there may not be much war damage." ”
Chen He aimed at it for a long time, but the arrow still fell on the target, and he didn't know where it flew, so he wiped his face and said unwillingly: "Destroy the enemy 800 and lose 1,000?" The gains outweigh the losses, so it's better not to fight. ”
"To fight is to fight, if you don't fight the Huns, the arrogance is even more arrogant, you want to beat the Huns to make them retract their minions, and publicize the brave spirit of my Han family." Guan Qiang raised his bow and stood with a grim face, there were only five or six arrows hanging on his arrow target, and he glanced at Chen He's arrow target and mocked: "Zishi's archery skills have not yet improved, and I will be very relieved to have you at the bottom of the big shooting gift every year." ”
Chen He scolded proudly: "Phew! This year, I will make you proud, Zishou has promised to make a new style of foot bow for me, and I will blind your dog eyes at the shooting ceremony in the spring and summer of next year. ”
"Okay, you're a vertical son, you just gave birth to a pair of dog eyes." Guan Qiang's eyes rolled, and he asked with a smile: "Zishou has a new artifact to be born?" If you have any new utensils, you must not forget the part of jì for your brother! How much money is a small matter. ”
Cao Shi dropped the hard bow and crossed his legs, looking disheartened: "I haven't thought about it yet, Zhang Wuhou is biting the piece of land on the edge of the Wei River and refusing to give an inch, and there are contradictions in my house, and the days are not going well!" ”
"Brother Cong, I heard that you quarreled with the princess?" Xiahou sneakily came over and was beaten back by Guan Qiang, he was seven or eight years younger than Chen He and Guan Qiang, and he was very afraid of the two earth overlords in Chang'an City.
Chen He looked at Cao Shi sympathetically: "I heard that Princess Yangxin accidentally bumped into Princess Tao in the palace and was ridiculed fiercely, so I quarreled with you when I returned home, I said that your husband is too cowardly, right?" If my wife were such a princess, I would have tied her up and cleaned her up a few times. ”
The young man on the side snorted coldly: "Chen Zishi, don't sow discord between husband and wife here, your father-in-law (Chen Ping) used a divisive scheme to break the overlord of Western Chu, and it is very unauthentic for you to use this ability on Pingyang Hou!" ”
was sprayed with a spit on the star, and Chen He became angry at that time: "Okay, you Zhou Zuoche, your father-in-law (Zhou Chang) is famous for his loyalty and integrity, how did you give birth to such a bitter and mean person who loves to speak quickly!" ”
"Phew! When have I ever been bitter and mean to people, to the point that you often linger on the fence and hook up with a woman from a good family, no matter how you look at it, you don't look like a good person! ”
Chen Heyue was exposed, and suddenly became angry and said: "You erection, dare to compete with me?" ”
"Are you afraid of you? Let's compare the level of archery! Zhou Zuoche triumphantly pointed to his arrow target, which had more than a dozen arrows inserted into it, which was indeed several times better than Chen He's arrow target.
"It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, let's see!"
On the surface, the princes are a group of idle eggs, but secretly they have several secret talks with the Pingyang Hou Mansion, Chen He, Guan Qiang, and Zhou Zuoche secretly contacted him, hoping that several companies would join forces to monopolize the war horse trade in Yanmen Mayi, originally this was the business done by the King of Zhao and the King of Qi, after the two princes and kings of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu were killed, they were divided up by the wealthy merchants in the capital, and the Liehou reacted a little slower to follow up later, and only the Pingyang Hou Mansion was the earliest to count as an old seniority, so the three of them planned to eat this deal.
Cao Shi didn't have any opinion on this, but considering that the people of Ma Yi were mixed with various forces, and it was difficult for an unknown caravan to have a big backer behind it, several lieges wanted to jointly liquidate a little too greedy, and felt that it was not convenient for the Xiongnu to monopolize the business of exchanging grain for war horses.
Back in the Hou Mansion, Zhao Meng also sent a letter, in Yanmen County to meet Chun Yu Tiying's mother and daughter, it turned out that Chun Yu Tiying's husband Wang Yu died early, Chun Yu Tiying took the young daughter lonely and lonely all the way to Dai County, while treating people and earning entanglements while inquiring about relatives who are still in the world.
Chun Yu Tiying in the border county looking for several years, last year I heard that someone had met Chun Yu medical workers in the border county, so he hurried over, looking for a whole year in Yanmen County, and happened to meet Tai Shouzhi to fight back against the Hun invaders, on the grounds of reviling medical officers on the spot to treat the wounded, Chun Yu Tiying was identified when he passed the customs was recruited by Zhidu to be a temporary medical foreman, and met Chen Zhang when he was treating injuries.
Fold the bamboo slip and handed it over: "This is really a coincidence, copy a copy of this letter and hand it to the medical worker Feng Xin, just say that I have heard of the name of Mrs. Chunyu Gaoyi for a long time, but I didn't expect that the descendants of Canggong have been living among the people for many years, and it would be a good thing to take her to the house to reunite with the sisters in Lingnei, and he would know what to do." ”
Since the completion of the Hou Mansion has only been a few months, there are a few more kinds of iron in the most sought-after commodities in the counties of the world, as long as the iron tools marked with the four words of Pingyang Houfu can be equivalent to hard currency such as silk and other hard currency sold around, the price of each iron tool has increased several times after several hands, and it is bold to say that no one in the world knows the king.
When he returned to the backyard, it was already evening, and Cao Shi habitually returned to the study to see Wei Junru biting his lip, and said with a smile: "The study is very clean today, and there is the incense I like, huh?" Isn't this confectionery like the one you love to make, and the new craft you learned from the cook? ”
"Junhou, this is made for you by Her Royal Highness the princess herself, today the princess came to the study to clean the bedroom for the princess, the concubine saw that the princess's face was not good, as if she was sick, and her eyes were red and cried many times."
Cao Shi sighed, this is the third time that Princess Yangxin has given in to him, she didn't expect that the big quarrel more than half a month ago would become the fuse of the marriage crisis, caused by a small conflict in the palace.
Princess Tao of the Pavilion sarcastically ridiculed Princess Yangxin's incompetence and indulged Pingyang Hou's nonsense to hurt his son-in-law Chen Chan, and kept saying that Yangxin Gong was not a good husband, and she didn't mind proposing to the Queen Mother that the two were divorced, and kept saying that her eldest son Chen Ji had to kill his wife and could be matched with Princess Yangxin.
The words are hard to hear, just like a son who was beaten, a crazy old woman, she didn't even care about her niece's face, and the shrew's method of scolding the street didn't want money to smash on Princess Yangxin's head, just imagine where the young princess who was only fifteen years old was the opponent of the nearly 5o year-old Princess Guantao, and she left Princess Yangxin crying angrily at that time.
It is very rare for Liu Concubine to scold the street with her cheeks, and what is even more insidious is that she was born in the corridor of the palace at that time, and the two princesses encountered a temporary conflict halfway, and they couldn't even find a witness to the palace guards or maids, so Princess Yangxin could only suffer a loss.
Back at home, the natural quarrel, Cao Shi was still unclear about the situation and suffered inexplicably, and the quarrel turned upside down and took Wei Junru to live in the study, this hiding is that the husband and wife have not seen each other for more than ten days, and now the couple has calmed down and looked for an opportunity to get back together.
"Let's go, follow me home."
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